Can You Store PHI in SaaS Tools? A HIPAA Framework for Healthcare Organizations
The short answer: Yes — but only if the vendor covers the exact product, plan, database, file storage, automations, integrations, and logging under a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), and only after you have verified every data path where PHI can travel. Most SaaS tools are not HIPAA compliant by default. A platform may look... Continue reading
HIPAA Compliant Hosting Providers Compared: HIPAA Vault vs Atlantic.Net vs Liquid Web vs AWS vs Azure (2026)
The verdict: All five providers can support HIPAA-compliant hosting — but they serve very different audiences and come with very different levels of compliance management. HIPAA Vault and Atlantic.Net offer purpose-built HIPAA hosting with dedicated compliance support. Liquid Web provides managed hosting with HIPAA-audited infrastructure. AWS offers the most flexibility but places full compliance responsibility... Continue reading
Does My Website Need HIPAA Hosting?
It depends on one question: Your website needs HIPAA hosting if it collects, transmits, processes, or stores protected health information (PHI). This includes contact forms where patients submit health information, appointment scheduling tools, patient portals, file upload systems, and telehealth platforms. If your website is purely informational and never handles PHI, standard hosting may be... Continue reading
Is Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Slack, FaceTime or WhatsApp HIPAA Compliant?
The short answer: Zoom Healthcare, Microsoft Teams (Business/Enterprise), Cisco Webex (paid plans), Google Meet through Google Workspace (paid), and Slack (Business+ and Enterprise Grid) can all be made HIPAA compliant — but only with a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA). FaceTime, WhatsApp, Signal, Skype (consumer), and all free versions of every major platform are not... Continue reading